Barry T. Albin

Barry T. Albin (born July 7, 1952) is an American lawyer and former judge from New Jersey. He served as an associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 2002 to 2022. A Democrat, Albin is noted for his jurisprudence in New Jersey's criminal law, in which his opinions would frequently favor the due-process rights of criminal defendants. He stepped down from the court on July 6, 2022, a day prior to turning 70, New Jersey's mandatory retirement age for judges.[1] The final opinion he wrote involved how municipalities may fill vacated seats.[2]

Barry T. Albin
Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
In office
September 18, 2002 – July 6, 2022
Appointed byJim McGreevey
Preceded byGary Saul Stein
Succeeded byMichael Noriega
Personal details
Born (1952-07-07) July 7, 1952
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseInna Albin
EducationRutgers University (BA)
Cornell University (JD)

Biography

Albin was born on July 7, 1952, in Brooklyn, to Gerald, a pressman for The New York Times,[3] and Norma Albin. He grew up in Bayside, Queens, New York,[4] and Sayreville, New Jersey, where he graduated from Sayreville War Memorial High School in 1970.[5] He graduated from Rutgers University in 1973 and Cornell Law School in 1976. After graduation, he started a career as a Deputy Attorney General in the Appellate Section of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice. After this career, he became Assistant Prosecutor in Passaic and Middlesex counties, which he held from 1978 to 1982. He then joined the firm of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A., becoming partner in 1986.

Albin served as a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Criminal Practice Committee from 1987 until 1992, and gained the honor of being selected by peers to have his name included in the "Best Lawyers in America" (2000–2001). He became the president of the New Jersey Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, a position he held from 1999–2000.

Albin was nominated by Governor James E. McGreevey on July 10, 2002, as a justice in the New Jersey Supreme Court. He was confirmed on September 12 of the same year and was sworn in on September 18, 2002.

On May 15, 2009, Governor Jon Corzine renominated Albin, whose initial seven-year term would have expired on September 18, 2009.[6] Albin's re-appointment was cleared by the Senate on June 26, 2009.[7]

Following his mandatory retirement from the court, Albin became a partner at Lowenstein Sandler, joining the litigation department and chairing the firm’s appellate practice group.[8][9]

Barry Albin and his wife, Inna Albin, have two sons, Gerald and Daniel.

Decisions

2008-09 Term

2007-08 Term

2006-07 Term

2005-06 Term

2004-05 Term

2003-04 Term

2002-03 Term

References
  1. Parmley, Suzette (July 7, 2022). "Justice Barry Albin — 'the common sense jurist' — steps down from N.J. Supreme Court". NJ.com. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  2. "Opinions". NJ Courts. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  3. "Gerald Albin Dies After Bike Fall; Head of Pressroom at The Times". New York Times. July 8, 1980. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  4. Capuzzo, Jill (February 2, 2003). "A Glimpse At the Bench From the Inside". New York Times. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  5. Becker, Arielle Levin. "GRADUATED IN BOROUGH Sayreville honors 5 in H.S. hall of fame" Archived November 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Home News Tribune, May 21, 2005. Accessed February 15, 2011. "After graduating from high school in 1970, inductee Barry T. Albin went on to earn a law degree, serving as an assistant prosecutor..."
  6. Hester, Tom (May 15, 2009). "Corzine renominates Barry Albin to N.J. Supreme Court". NewJerseyNewsroom.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2009.
  7. Fuchs, Mary (June 26, 2009). "Justice Barry Albin wins lifetime job on N.J. Supreme Court". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved June 27, 2009.
  8. Wildstein, David (July 14, 2022). "Lowenstein Sandler adds Albin as a partner". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  9. "Retired New Jersey State Supreme Court Justice Barry T. Albin Joins Lowenstein as Partner in Litigation Department and Chair of the Appellate Practice Group". Lowenstein Sandler. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
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